Below is a list of what we currently offer, with additional information about each variety. We have some unusual seeds that you’re probably not familiar with. Variety is the spice of life, so this year, try something new in your garden that you’ve never grown before! And don’t forget, if you’re not familar with starting your plants from seed, we also sell a large variety of starts!

POLE BEANS Phaseolus coccineus

Scarlet Runner (70 days) Climbing beans often grown as ornamentals for their brilliant scarlet blossoms that attract hummingbirds. Need trellises, fences, or poles; will grow to 10–12′. Can be eaten either as snap or shell (95 days) beans. Beautifully mottled purple and black seeds. Pick off old leaves/beans to keep the plant productive.

Product Details

Growth Habit: Pole

Days to Maturity: 70-115 days

Sun: Full Sun

Height: 6-9 feet

Spread: 18 inches

Thinning: 6 inches

Sowing Method: Direct Sow

Fruit Size: 8 inches

CUCUMBERS Cucumis sativus

Very tender, will not survive frost. Sow 2″ apart in rows 3′ apart or 6 per mound in hills 4′ apart thinning to 3 best plants. Combat striped cucumber beetles by handpicking early in the AM when the dew makes them sluggish, or use floating row covers, removing when cukes flower. Pick frequently for best production. Cucumbers turn bitter when they get thirsty.  Minimum germination temperature 60°, optimal range 65–95°, optimal temperature 90°, emergence takes 13 days at 59°, 6 days at 68°, 4 days at 77°.

National (52 days) Open-pollinated. Plants are vigorous dependable producers. Resists CMV and scab.

Product Details

Sun: Full Sun

Height: 6-8 inches

Spread: 24 inches

Days to Maturity: 62 days

Sowing Method: Direct Sow

SUMMER SQUASH Cucurbita pepo

Tender, will not survive frost. Sow in hills 4 ft apart, 5 seeds/hill. Thin to 2–3 best plants. Pick squash when they are small for best flavor. Floating row covers can hasten maturity by 1 to 2 weeks. Male blossoms typically precede females by about a week. Females have a bulge at the base of the blossom, an early stage of the fruit forming. Minimum germination temperature 60°, optimal temperature range 70–90°, optimal temperature 85°.

Black Zucchini (50 days) Open-pollinated. Perfect for home gardeners who are looking for an open-pollinated zucchini with superior flavor, and good, but not record-breaking, yields.

Product Details

Sun: Full Sun

Sowing Method: Direct Sow

Days to Maturity: 50 days

Height: 18-24 inches

Spread: 18 inches

Benning’s Green Tint (55 days) Open-pollinated. Rated by many as the best-tasting summer squash, especially if picked small at 2–3″ diameter when they are especially fine-textured and tender.

Product Details

Sun: Full Sun

Sowing Method: Direct Sow

Days to Maturity: 50 days

Height: 24-30 inches

Spread: 18 inches

Thinning: 18 inches

CARROTS Daucus carota

Early carrots can be sown by late April. Can take up to 3 weeks to germinate; keep rows from drying out for faster emergence. Sow carrots for winter storage in mid-late June. Thinning is critical: At 3″ high thin to 1/2″ apart, at 6″ thin again to 1″ apart. Minimal germination temperature 40°, optimal range 60–85°, optimal temperature 80°, emergence takes 17 days at 50°, 10 days at 59°, 6 days at 77°, 48% normal seedlings at 41°, 96% normal at 68°.

Scarlet Nantes (68 days). This old-time favorite Nantes variety with bright orange roots averaging 6–7″ proves that good quality is not always expensive. Sweet with a small dark core.

Product Details

Sun: Full Sun

Height: 4-8 inches

Spread: 4 inches

Days to Maturity: 65-70 days

Sowing Method: Direct Sow

Fruit Size: 6-8 inches

TURNIPS & RUTABAGAS Brassica rapa

Thinning is critical for full-sized roots. Turnips have a shorter growing season and are not as cold-hardy or as good keepers as rutabagas. Turnips are best picked before they get large and fibrous. Rutabagas, also known as Swedish turnips or Swedes, form enlarged roots above ground with a finely branched system below. Minimum germination temperature for turnips 40°, optimal range 60-95°, optimal temperature 75°, 79% normal seedlings at 50°, 98% normal at 59°. See also #6403 American Purple Top Rutabaga.

White Egg Turnip (45 days) Roots are egg-shaped, grow rapidly half out of the ground, ideal for early market bunching before they attain full size. The flesh is very sweet, so mild they can be eaten raw fresh from the garden. Flavor intensifies in storage.

Product Details

Days to Maturity: 45 days

Sun: Full Sun

Sowing Method: Direct Sow

Spread: 2 inches

Height: 10-12 inches

SPINACH Spinacia oleracea

Very hardy. Must be planted as soon as the ground can be worked in the spring to avoid early bolting. For fall crop try late Jul–Aug sowing; to overwinter, sow late Aug–Sept. Heavy nitrogen requirements, but avoid applying high-nitrogen fertilizers shortly before harvest to prevent high nitrate levels in the leaves. Pick large leaves often for heavier production. Heat, crowding and long day-length (over 14 hours) triggers premature bolting. To retard bolting, avoid hot-weather planting, use wider spacing and irrigate or use shade cloth. Minimum germination temperature 35°, optimal range 45–65°, optimal temperatures 55–60°, emergence takes 23 days at 41°, 12 days at 50°, only 5 days at 77°, however 91% normal seedlings at 50°, 82% at 59° but only 52% at 68° and a mere 28% at 77°. Spinach seed will not germinate in soil temperatures above 85°.

Bloomsdale (42 days) Open-pollinated. The standard crinkled-leaf spinach. Very good cold soil emergence. Much better as a fall crop than in spring when it bolts in the heat.

Product Details

Sun: Full Sun, Part Sun

Sowing Method: Direct Sow/Indoor Sow

Days to Maturity: 40-48 days

Height: 10-12 inches

Spread: 4 inches

LETTUCE Lactuca sativa

All lettuce is open-pollinated. May be started indoors in March and at regular intervals thereafter, or sowed outdoors as soon as ground can be worked. Most varieties won’t germinate in soil temperatures above 75°. Hardy. All save icebergs tolerate heavy frost. Grow best in cool weather with ample moisture, many kinds suffer bottom rot and tip burn in heat; select summer varieties carefully. Use shade cloth to keep summer lettuce tender and sweet longer. Allow your succession planting for fall to go to seed! It lends beauty to the fall garden and will give you wonderful early greens in all but the coldest locations. Best time to harvest lettuce? Shortly after dawn. USDA research has shown that lettuce leaves contain almost double the sugars at 7 am as at 2 pm. Sow every 2 weeks for continuous supply. Lettuce will not head unless thinned frequently and ruthlessly to final distance of 1′. Heavy nitrogen feeders. Minimum germination soil temperature 35°, optimal range 40-80°, optimal  temperatures 70-75°, emergence takes 15 days at 41°, 7 days at 50°, 3 days at 68°, 99% normal seedlings at 77° but only 12% normal at 86°.

Black Seeded Simpson OG (42 days). The earliest and most popular loose-leaf variety.  Large crumpled juicy light-green leaves slightly ruffled and blistered. Inner leaves tender and well blanched. Does not stand heat well; sow as early as the ground can be worked.

Product Details

Days to Maturity: 45 days

Sun: Full Sun

Sowing Method: Direct Sow/Indoor Sow

Spread: 6 inches

Height: 8-10 inches

Thinning: 8 inches

Red Salad Bowl (46 days) Compact frilly rosettes of spectacular bronze red oak leaves. Red at tips and on young growth, green at the base of the leaves. Nice buttery flavor. Grows quite large in cool weather, but prone to bitterness and bolting in heat. Withstood outdoor temperatures of 14° double-covered under Agribon 19.

Product Details

Sun: Full Sun

Spread: 6 inches

Height: 9-15 inches

Thinning: 6 inches

Days to Maturity: 50-55 days

Sowing Method: Direct Sow/Indoor Sow

ARUGULA Eruca sativa

Bolts readily in heat, much better as a fall crop or succession planted. Use row covers to discourage flea beetles.  Frequent watering will reduce its pungency.

Arugula (47 days) One of the best-tasting and most bolt-resistant varieties.  Stood outside temperatures down to 14° double-covered under Agribon 19.

Product Details

Days to Maturity: 35 days

Sun: Full Sun

Sowing Method: Direct Sow/Indoor Sow

Spread: 6 inches

Height: 24-30 inches

Thinning: 8 inches

RADISHES Raphanus sativus

Can be sown early. Summer radishes easy to grow, quick to ripen and go by; make succession plantings. Require thinning to at least 2″ for attractive uniform roots. Pinch the tops if winter radishes start to bolt. Minimum germination temperature 40°, optimal range 55–85°, optimal temperature 85°, emergence takes 11 days at 50°, only 4 days at 68°, 76% normal seedlings at 50°, 97% normal at 59°.

Champion (25 days) Smooth scarlet roots with firm mild flesh grow quickly to edible size.

Product Details

Sun: Full Sun

Spread: 3 inches

Height: 4-6 inches

Thinning: 3 inches

Days to Maturity: 22 days

Sowing Method: Direct Sow

BEETS

Early Wonder Tall Top Beet (48 days) Open-pollinated. Quick emergence in cold soil and attractive purple tops make Wonder the choice for early beet greens and bunching beets.

Product Details

Sun: Full Sun

Height: 20”

Days to Maturity: 45-60

Sowing Method: Direct Sow

CHARD

Ruby Red Rhubarb Chard (59 days) Open-pollinated. Deep crimson stalks, dark green leaves. Very hardy. Beautiful for edible landscapes.

Product Details

 Days to Maturity: 60

MACHE

Verte de Cambrai Mâche (45 days) Open-pollinated. A small-seeded small-leaved strain that performs especially well in cool or cold conditions and is the best kind for over wintering. Verte de Cambrai should be sown in early spring and harvested early for its baby rosettes. The mild nutty flavor and gentle texture of Verte De Cambrai is classically served with a modest dressing of walnut oil vinaigrette topped with chopped, hard-boiled eggs and chervil.

Product Details

Days to Maturity: 30 days

Sun: Full Sun

Sowing Method: Direct Sow/Indoor Sow

Spread: 6 inches

HERBS

Gigante d’Italia Parsley (70 days) Open-pollinated.  Has surprising early seedling vigor and rich sweet flavor.

Product Details

Sun: Full Sun, Part Sun

Spread: 24 inches

Height: 36 inches

Days to Maturity: 60-90 days

Sowing Method: Direct Sow/Indoor Sow

MUSTARD

Toraziroh OG (45 days) Open-pollinated. Brassica alboglabra A robust performer with just the right kind of mustardy zest. Rapidly develops prolific yields of very dark green large leaves distinctively but not overwhelmingly pungent. Stems, also edible, have a flavor somewhat like Pac Choy. Relatively slow to bolt.

Product Details

Days to Maturity: 45-55 days

Sowing Method: Direct Sow/Indoor Sow

KALE

Red Russian Kale (60 days) Brassica napus (pabularia group) Open-pollinated.  Its oak leaf foliage colors after fall frosts. Red and purple leaves change to dark green when cooked. Use soon after picking, or chill leaves in cold water; otherwise wilts quickly. Vigorous edible landscape plant.  Very tender and has a delicate flavor. Tolerates outside temperatures of 14° double-covered under Agribon 19.

Product Details

Sun: Full Sun

Spread: 12 inches

Height: 1-3 feet

Days to Maturity: 60 days

Sowing Method: Indoor Sow

With freezing nights here in Central Oregon, a hoop house is one of the best ways to add a layer of protection for your tender plants. Keep in mind that on particularly cold nights (especially below freezing!) it is best to cover your hoop houses with an additional heavy layer or add some sort of heating device to the hoop house. Starting your plants indoors and ‘hardening them off’, essentially introducing them to outside temperatures gradually, is always a good idea, but cold weather is no match for even the most hardy basil or tomato plant.

Our econo-hoop houses come in two sizes:

4’ x 4’ = $139.95 (Kit form, you assemble) $159.95 (assembled)

4’ x 8’ = $199.95 (Kit form, you assemble) $229.95 (assembled)

Call or visit us to learn more and purchase.

• Soy Free
• Naturally Grown
• Non-GMO (Enrolled in the Non-GMO Project)
• Grown in Washington
• Comes in sustainable packaging

Learn more about Scratch and Peck Feeds on their website.

Come see us at Celebrate the Season to see which grains and feeds we now carry!

We’ve been in partial hibernation this winter preparing for the next step for Celebrate the Season. Our ‘Hen House’ has been transformed into your one-stop-shop for all things local!

We now carry the following products, with much more on the way!

• 100% Grass-fed, hormone and antibiotic-free beef
• Naturally raised goat, pork, chicken and turkey meat
• Raw, unfiltered honey from Central Oregon apiaries
• Beeswax candles, locally made soaps, lotions, balms
• Raw cow and goat’s milk cheeses
• Volcano Vineyards wines
• Locally made teas, jams and jellies, spice mixes and more!

Support the local economy, live more sustainably, and enjoy all that Central Oregon has to offer! Come visit us to see for yourself how convenient ‘living local’ can be.

We also have beautiful hand-made cutting boards, rolling pins and more. Don’t forget that Duane’s custom cabinet shop can also help you transform your kitchen into a space you love. Talk about a great Christmas present for your significant other!

The 4-H group ‘Backyardicus Domesticus’ will use the profits to purchase needed supplies for their group, such as binders and pens and other office supplies, and seeds and gardening materials that they will use to plant a small garden plot in the yard at Celebrate the Season.

Saturday, November 19th, 10am – 2pm at Celebrate the Season

For more info call us at 244-2536.

This recipe makes eight pint jars or four quart jars of canned pears. These make great gifts, or keep for yourself to have the tastes of summer stored in your pantry all winter.

• 8 to 12 pounds pears
• 1 batch hot light or medium syrup (see below)

How to Make the Syrup

In a stainless steel saucepan, combine sugar and water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Reduce heat to low and keep warm until needed, taking care not to boil the syrup down. Allow 1 to 1 1/2 cups of syrup for each quart jar of fruit.

Light Syrup: 2 1/4 cups sugar and 5 1/4 cups of water: 6 1/2 cups of syrup

Medium Syrup: 3 1/4 cups sugar and 5 cups water: 7 cups of syrup

Need pears? We’ve got a bounty of fresh Hood River pears, available in 40 pound boxes, or by the pound. We also sell canning supplies! Call 541-244-2536 for more info.

Now is the time to protect your late-summer garden, and if you’ve got a flock of chickens who have been living in ‘temporary’ housing, make sure to get them into something that will protect them through the winter! It’s very important to have a safe place for your girls during the colder months when they are more susceptible to predators and freezing temperatures.

This offer will be available Friday and Saturday, 10am to 5pm. Drop by!